The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

was very neat one. He and the laborers
from his city wanted the Heath bill.
Mr.. Alden OF Winthrop, was also for the
Heath bill.
Mr.. Randall of Augusta, did not favor
either. He thought that amendments should
be made In whichever one was adopted.
1t was now nearly one O'Clock, and the
House adjourned on motion of Mr.. Pattan-
gall.
AT the re-assembling in the afternoon, Mr..
Wilson of Belfast, was the first speaker.
He favored the Heath bill, and said the la
borers of his district did His remarks were
greeted with some applause from the floor
and considerable from the south gallery.
Mr. Eds of Camden, the Labor RepreSen ta-
tive, agreed with Mr.. Wilson.
Then the French Representative fremLew-
lSt0n, the Mr. Cl0utier, rose. He favOrs the
Looney bill substantially: but this afternoon
he assaulted the Heath bill so hard that
many were led to believe that he was down
on 10-hour laws generally. There is popu-
iatlon OF 1000 French Canadians in Lewiston,
MrICloutier says. If deprived of the labor
OF the children until they are fifteen years
old. many families would suffer. Il am agent
OF the Overseers of the poor in Lewiston"
said he, land if you make a law that no child
under 10 years shall work, you are going to
drive lots of families into poverty
Mr.. Cloutier began the innings for the sup
porters of the majority report. Mr.. Roberts,
OF Brunswick followed him, also vigorously
for "a reasonable 10-hour measure such as
the courts would not declare unconstitution-
Mr. Noble. of Lewiston, was next. He
made plea for the children and women em-
ployed in the cotton mills of the cities, at
work that was too much for their health and
their strength. Mr.. Noble elaborated the
subject with plentiful descriptions of the
hardships of factory life, and came out bold
ly for the Looney bill. The applause that
followed Mr.. Mobiles remarks showed the
sentiment of the House at that moment in
favor Of the majority report.
But Mr.. Walton of Skowhegan Immediate
ly took the opposite side, and began to heap
rldicule on his opponents. He saw no rea-
son why a ten-hour bill should be for women
and not for men. In his opinion the Looney
PHI should be amended by putting men into
II or striking women out. 1t was all nom
sense 10 say that women must be protected.
They were able to- take care of themselves
Ihey could even take care of the men. 81
say, then,' continued Mr.. Walton, ''why
should not woman Of adult age have the
privilege of making her contract just as she
pleases and OF working as long as she pleases.
Why should this stigma, for it is a stigma,
be throYo upon every woman, saying to
them, you are not capable of taking care of
yourself; we will put you under guardian
ship | haue seen, during this term of the
Legislature, a beautiful woman walking arm
in arm with my brother from Lewiston. |
suppose she is his wife. He will admit to
you today that to the inspiration of that
woman he owes what he is today. And as
you nave heard his sonoreus voice going all
through this hall you bear me witness that
she she has done good job. Great laughter).
VIII my brother Noble say to you that that
woman does not know enough to take care
Of herself, and appeal to members of the
LEGISLATURE to appoint a guardian for her.
1T is not woman like my wife but some
other woman that want you to take care
Of" laughter) No man is willing to say
that his wife needs to be taken care Of. Up
at my house am the man that wants to be
looked out for. Great laughtsr) / have
age OF woman'S rights sI don't know how
soon shall need to be protected. Great
laughter. The idea of protecting women
The idea that a woman who has to work for
her children, for sick husband, shall not
have the right to work over hours in order
to furnish food for her little children and
medicine for her sick husband, because she
needs to be protected from her'voracious en-
ployer. The idea that woman is net smart
enough to take care of herself Remember
that Is not only stigma upon every woman
who works IN a mill, but is stigma upon
every woman who lives within the bounds
OF this State, no matter who she is" Great
applause)
When Mr., Walton concluded, Major
Dickey asked him which bill he favored.
Mr. Walton was reluctant to admit that he
favored either, but did finally pronounce in
favor of the Heath bill, because it put
women and men on the same footing.
This speech stirred up Mr.. Looney consid-
erably and the latter replied to the points
raised by Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Walton. There
was some sparrlng between MeSSrs. Walton
and Looney, and then Mr.. Pattangall of
Pembroke got the floor. He was against the
hIconey PHI, but whether he favored the
Heath bill it was impossible to determine.
His speech indicated that he would see both
bills defeated with equnamity.
Messrs. Harrington and Clark of Calais
followed, the one wanting to put the ques-
tion off for reflection. and the other to offer
an amendment Neither could be done, SO
MI Clark talked against the Looney bill be-
cause It would hurt the saw mills about the
Heath bill, which would be still worse, he
mad nothing to, say. Mr.. Clark will favor
ments are made. He said that there were
ZOO boys under Is years employed in the
saw millskThis is 20 per cent ,of the whole
labor. Pass the bill and they would be shut
out. The capital on the saw mills in the
State is fully $6,0e0.000, he said, and with
the lumber lands counted in the milling in
terests are greater than the cotton mills in
value. So there should be radical changes in
dustry
At quarter past six o'clock, Mr.. Fogg of
Portland carried motion to adjourn, saying
that there were about 175 more speeches to
come and scant time for supper.
Tomorrow the question will come up
again right after the morning hour.
The debate throughout developed a spirit
of independence and of dissatisfaction with
any measure yet presented. The attacks
against the Looney bill were severe; rather
more so than was expected. This is partly
explainable because, as it is the most prom
lslng measure, objections of all sorts were
hurled against it, many speakers appearing
to be on the side Of the Heath bill, when
really they were against both bills, but
thought 1t worth while to assault only the
Looney bill. The friends of the latter bill
are confident that it will be adopted tomor-
row in preference to the Heath bill Then,
when it is accepted as the committees re-
port, efforts are expected to amend it. The
hight tomorrow promises to be as intesting as
that Of today.
The Monument Bill.
The following is the full text of the act au-
thorizing the City Of Portland to condemn
and take lot of land for the erection of a
Soldiers and Sailors Monument. This act
was approved by Governor Bodwell on Feb
ruary 10th:
Be ft enacted bv the Senate and House of Repre-
setdtaoes IN Legislature assembled, as JoItotCs
Sect. 1.-The City of Portland is hereby author
lied and empowered TO condemn and take in the
manner herein set forth, the parcel of land situa-
led III SAID fortand, upon which the building
known as the old city hall now stands, and known
as Market Square, and bounded and described as
follows, TO Wit; Northerly by the curbstone of the
southerly side of the passageway between the
United states hotel and said old city hall; easter
ly by the westerly curbstone of that part of Mid
die street commonly called and known as Market
Square; s0utherly by the curbstones at the iunc-
tion of those parts of Congress and Middle streets
commonly called and known as Market Square,
and westerly by the. easterly curbstone of that
part OF Congress street commonly called and
known as Market Square, as and for site, loca-
tion and place for the erection and maintenance
forever OF monument In memory of the soldiers
and sailors who sacrificed their lives In defence of
their country in the recent war
Sect 2.-The qualified voters of said city shall
be called upon TO give in their votes upon the
question of such condemnation and taking, at
meetings in the several wards thereof duly warned
by the mayor and aldermen, to be held on the
day of the next municipal election. Such ques-
tl0n shall be determined in the following manner
that Is TO say each voter in favor of such con-
demnatlon and taking, shall express such prefer
enee by ballot bearing the word eyes, and each
voter opposed thereto by ballot bearing the
word "no;" all such ballots TO be deposited in
separate ballot boxes, in the manner provided by
law for the submission of constitutional amend
ment. And, thereupon, the same proceedings
shall be had respecting the sorting, counting, de
clarng and recording the returns of said votes as
is provided by law at the election of mayor of
said city. And the board of mayor and aldermen
shall, within three days otter such meeting meet
together and compare the returns of the ward Off
GERS, and II 1t appears that majority of all the
votes given on the question of such condemnation
and taking, bear the word ''yes" and are in favor
thereof the mayor shall forthwith, make procla-
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